"sequence for series one also exists but in poor quality. The first series was stopped after four episodes because Polly James' hectic schedule—working every evening on ""Anne of Green Gables"" in the West End, then rehearsing all day for the TV show—was proving too much. By the time James was available again, Pauline Collins had moved to LWT's ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". The producer Sydney Lotterby remembered having worked with Nerys Hughes on ""The Likely Lads"" and, wrongly believing the Welsh actress was from Liverpool, asked her to read for a part in ""The Liver Birds"". (Neither actress really had a Liverpool"
"Polly James Polly James (born 1941) is an English actress with a career in theatre, film, television and radio. She was born in Blackburn, Lancashire, under the name Pauline Devaney. After graduating from RADA, James's TV career began in BBC2's ""Thirty-Minute Theatre"", followed by the role of a drug addict in ""Z-Cars"" in 1967. She played Audrey Hargreaves in ""Coronation Street"" in 1967. She is best known for her role as Beryl Hennessey in the first four series of the British sitcom ""The Liver Birds"" (1969–74), mostly alongside Nerys Hughes. She played Cicely Courtneidge in the biographical musical of the"
"The Liver Birds The Liver Birds is a British sitcom, set in Liverpool, North West England, which aired on BBC1 from April 1969 to January 1979, and again in 1996. The show was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpudlian housewives had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents. Having been invited to London by Michael Mills, the BBC's then Head of Comedy, and asked to write about two women sharing a flat, Mills brought in sitcom expert Sydney Lotterby to work with the writing team. Lotterby had previously worked with Eric"
"Hobbs Bursary. One of Hughes's early dramatic roles was in Ken Loach's television series titled ""Diary of a Young Man"" in 1964. She is best known for the role of Sandra Hutchinson in the enormously successful BBC TV series ""The Liver Birds"" which ran from 1969 to 1978 with a brief revival in 1996. Her main co-stars were Mollie Sugden and Polly James. She later played the eponymous lead in ""The District Nurse"", a series which was written for her, and won the Variety Club Television Actress of the Year Award. The series was released on DVD in 2006. She"
"So far Series 2 and 3 have been released onto DVD, but Acorn has no plans to release any further series. The Liver Birds The Liver Birds is a British sitcom, set in Liverpool, North West England, which aired on BBC1 from April 1969 to January 1979, and again in 1996. The show was created by Carla Lane and Myra Taylor. The two Liverpudlian housewives had met at a local writers club and decided to pool their talents. Having been invited to London by Michael Mills, the BBC's then Head of Comedy, and asked to write about two women sharing"
"write. She said that she used a pseudonym, ""Carla Lane"", because of her modesty about revealing that she was a writer. With Taylor, she submitted some comedy sketch scripts to the BBC, where they were seen by the head of comedy Michael Mills. He encouraged them to write a half-hour script, which was broadcast as a pilot episode of ""The Liver Birds"" in April 1969. A short first series followed, to little acclaim, but Mills then declined to produce a second series, changing his mind when Lane and Taylor wrote a series of new scripts. The series became one of"
"TV credits include the UK's first medical soap ""Emergency - Ward 10"" (1960), and the pilot episode and first series of ""The Liver Birds"", both in 1969. Collins first became well known for her role as the maid Sarah in the 1970s ITV drama series ""Upstairs, Downstairs"". The character appeared regularly throughout the first two series, the second of which also starred her actor husband, John Alderton, with whom she later starred in a spin-off, ""Thomas & Sarah"" (1979), and the sitcom ""No, Honestly"" written by Terence Brady and Charlotte Bingham, as well as in a series of short story"
"mid 1970s until 1986, the regular members became Stredder, Ann Simmons, who was another former Vernons Girl, and Laura Lee. Simmons later joined The Pearls. The Ladybirds also returned to Eurovision, backing Olivia Newton-John, singing on ""Long Live Love"", in the 1974 contest staged in Brighton, United Kingdom. However, Ann Simmons was misidentified as her predecessor Gloria George. The Ladybirds appeared on many light entertainment shows on UK TV. The first series of ""Cilla"" in 1968, ""Lulu's Back In Town"", ""The Les Dawson Show"", ""The Two Ronnies"", ""Morecambe and Wise"", ""Tommy Cooper"", ""Little and Large"", ""Glen Campbell"", ""Shirley Bassey"", ""Paul"
"Boswell in five series of ""The Liver Birds"", from 1975 to 1979. ""The Liver Birds"" was recently run on the Paramount Comedy Channel in the UK. Estensen took the lead role of T-Bag in the children's television programme ""Wonders in Letterland"" (1985), and went on to appear in a total of five series and two Christmas specials before leaving in 1989. She was replaced by Georgina Hale. Estensen played Pam Middleton in ""Coronation Street"" between 1996 and 1998. From 1999 she has played a regular role as Diane Sugden in the soap opera ""Emmerdale"" for 18 years. She married Philip"
"Stars"", a programme shown annually on Christmas night, when leading BBC performers appeared in short versions of their series, typically 5–10 minutes long. Carla Lane became sole writer for the fourth series. She felt it was now time for the Liver Birds to start thinking about longer-term relationships with men. John Nettles played Paul, Sandra's (frustrated) boyfriend, and Jonathan Lynn played Robert, Beryl's boyfriend. ""I always wanted The Liver Birds not to be too keen about marriage—not to down it—but not to be out to get a boyfriend to marry,"" Lane explained. Beryl's mother (Sheila Fay) voiced the critical view:"
"and co-produced with Carl Beverly and Sarah Timberman for CBS, where it made its debut on September 20, 2011. The series is a co-production of CBS Television Studios and Sony Pictures Television. On October 25, 2011, CBS picked up the series for a full first season of 22 episodes. Serving as a consultant on the series is actress Marilu Henner who, like the series' lead character Carrie Wells, possesses hyperthymesia in real life. She had a guest spot in the episode ""Golden Bird"", as Wells' aunt, who is suffering from symptoms similar to that of Wells' mother's early-onset Alzheimer's disease."
"Nerys Hughes Nerys Hughes (born 8 November 1941) is a Welsh actress, known primarily for her television roles, including her part in the BBC TV series ""The Liver Birds"". She was born in Rhyl, Flintshire. Her parents were Myfi and Ted Kerfoot-Hughes, who raised her as a Methodist and sent her to Howell's School in Denbigh, where she took an interest in drama. Her first language was Welsh, although she said in 2009 that by then she had lost some competence. She studied drama at Rose Bruford College and in 1960 joined the Radio Drama Company by winning the Carlton"
"Billie Bird Billie Sellen (February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002), better known professionally as Billie Bird, was an American actress and comedian. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Bird was discovered at the age of eight while living at an orphanage. As a child, she worked in vaudeville, and later in theater/cabaret before moving on to television and films. She is credited with an appearance in a 1921 film ""Grass Widowers"", but it is not clear if this is accurate. Otherwise, she broke into films in 1950, later making a brief, uncredited appearance in ""The Odd Couple"" as a chambermaid. Her"
"Little Birds (film) Little Birds is a 2011 American film written and directed by Elgin James, and starring Juno Temple and Kay Panabaker. The film follows two girls that leave home to follow two skateboarders to Los Angeles and is loosely based on the life of director Elgin James. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, with Millennium Entertainment acquiring the North American rights to the film. Lily (Juno Temple) and Alison (Kay Panabaker) are best friends living in a poverty-stricken California town near the Salton Sea. The two are complete opposites: Lily is a suicidal rebellious girl who"
"94 after a long battle with Alzheimer's disease. She is buried in the Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. Billie Bird Billie Sellen (February 28, 1908 – November 27, 2002), better known professionally as Billie Bird, was an American actress and comedian. Born in Pocatello, Idaho, Bird was discovered at the age of eight while living at an orphanage. As a child, she worked in vaudeville, and later in theater/cabaret before moving on to television and films. She is credited with an appearance in a 1921 film ""Grass Widowers"", but it is not clear if this is accurate."
"The Thorn Birds (miniseries) The Thorn Birds is an American television miniseries broadcast on ABC from March 27 to 30, 1983. It starred Richard Chamberlain, Rachel Ward, Barbara Stanwyck, Christopher Plummer, Jean Simmons, Richard Kiley, Bryan Brown, Mare Winningham and Philip Anglim. It was directed by Daryl Duke and based on a novel of the same name by Colleen McCullough. The series was enormously successful and became the United States' second highest-rated miniseries of all time behind ""Roots""; both series were produced by television veteran David L. Wolper. Set primarily on Drogheda, a fictional sheep station in the Australian outback"
"The Liverbirds The Liverbirds were a British all-female beat group, based in Liverpool, active between 1963 and 1968. The hard-rocking quartet (consisting of vocalist-guitarist Valerie Gell, guitarist-vocalist Pamela Birch, bassist-vocalist Mary McGlory and drummer Sylvia Saunders) was one of the very few female bands on the Merseybeat scene. Indeed, they were one of the few self-contained all-woman rock and roll bands anywhere in the world at the time. The band took their name from the liver bird, a fictional creature which is the symbol of their native Liverpool. Gell, Saunders and McGlory formed the band in 1963, along with guitarist"
"almost exclusively as a trio under the name The Scaffold from 1964, Gorman, McGear and McGough performed a mixture of comic songs, comedy sketches and the poetry of McGough (as evidenced on their 1968 live album), and they released a number of singles and albums on Parlophone and EMI between 1966 and 1971, with several more on Island, Warner Bros. and Bronze thereafter. Their best known recording is ""Lily the Pink"" which topped the UK charts in 1968. The group also composed and sang the theme tune to the popular BBC TV comedy ""The Liver Birds"", which aired from 1969–1978."
"Patricia Collinge Patricia Collinge (September 20, 1892 – April 10, 1974) was an Irish-American actress, dramatist, and writer, best known for her role as the tragic alcoholic Birdie Hubbard in ""The Little Foxes"". Eileen Cecilia Collinge was born in Dublin to F. Channon Collinge and Emmie (née Russell) Collinge. She was educated there first by a visiting governess and then at a girls' school. She took dance and piano lessons, which held no interest for her, and determined to be an actress. Collinge first appeared on the stage in 1904 in ""Little Black Sambo and Little White Barbara"" at the"
"Carla Lane Romana Barrack (5 August 1928 – 31 May 2016), known professionally as Carla Lane, , was an English television writer responsible for several successful sitcoms, including ""The Liver Birds"" (co-creator, 1969–78), ""Butterflies"" (1978–83) and ""Bread"" (1986–91). Lane was described as ""the television writer who dared to make women funny""; much of her work focused on strong women characters, including ""frustrated housewives and working class matriarchs"". In later years she became well known as an animal welfare advocate. Lane was born in West Derby, Liverpool. Her father, Cardiff-born Gordon De Vince Barrack, served in the Merchant Navy. She attended"
"Wings"" (The History Press 2018), , The Liverbirds The Liverbirds were a British all-female beat group, based in Liverpool, active between 1963 and 1968. The hard-rocking quartet (consisting of vocalist-guitarist Valerie Gell, guitarist-vocalist Pamela Birch, bassist-vocalist Mary McGlory and drummer Sylvia Saunders) was one of the very few female bands on the Merseybeat scene. Indeed, they were one of the few self-contained all-woman rock and roll bands anywhere in the world at the time. The band took their name from the liver bird, a fictional creature which is the symbol of their native Liverpool. Gell, Saunders and McGlory formed the"
"he and his best friend who left their small towns and joined a gang in Boston. That film had Justin Timberlake attached to portray James and Nick Cassavetes attached to direct. But James was worried the film would ultimately ""glamorize the violent lifestyle"" he'd recently left behind, so he wrote Little Birds instead, substituting two fifteen-year-old girls for he and his best friend. He chose to focus on the characters of ""Lily"" and ""Alison"" after seeing a teenage girl riding on the back of a bike in the Salton Sea, with James saying ""You could just tell that she was"
"Allen in May 1983. They have one child. Elizabeth Estensen Elizabeth ""Liz"" Estensen (born 10 August 1949) is an English actress, mainly known for work in the popular television dramas ""The Liver Birds"" and ""Emmerdale"". She was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and her surname comes from her Norwegian grandad. Estensen played Susan in the film version of Willy Russell's play ""Our Day Out"" with Alun Armstrong. She rose to prominence in the 1970s, playing Bert's girlfriend in the Willy Russell musical ""John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert"" at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool transferring to the West End in"
"Elizabeth Estensen Elizabeth ""Liz"" Estensen (born 10 August 1949) is an English actress, mainly known for work in the popular television dramas ""The Liver Birds"" and ""Emmerdale"". She was born in Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, and her surname comes from her Norwegian grandad. Estensen played Susan in the film version of Willy Russell's play ""Our Day Out"" with Alun Armstrong. She rose to prominence in the 1970s, playing Bert's girlfriend in the Willy Russell musical ""John, Paul, George, Ringo … and Bert"" at the Everyman Theatre, Liverpool transferring to the West End in 1974. She then appeared on television as Carol"
"billed as the Vernons Girls. Stredder later launched a successful career as an after dinner speaker, recalling her life in show business. She died on 9 March 2018, aged 82. The Ladybirds The Ladybirds were a British female vocal harmony trio, most famous for their appearances on ""The Benny Hill Show"". They participated in over 60 episodes between 1968 and 1991. In addition, they were long-standing backing singers to many established artists, and perennial television performers. The Ladybirds had their origins in an earlier vocal group, The Vernons Girls. The original troupe disbanded at the start of the 1960s, but"
"Jason (born 1968), and her half-siblings are Eric (born 1981) and Blake (born 1987). Lively began her career as a child actress: at age six, she made her screen debut in the television movie ""Summer of My German Soldier"" in 1978. Throughout the 1980s, she appeared in several television shows including ""Silver Spoons"" and ""Punky Brewster"". She appeared in the feature films ""Wildcats"", ""The Karate Kid Part III"", ""Teen Witch"", and ""Not Quite Human."" After she was cast as Jessica Andrews in ""The Karate Kid Part III"" in 1989, producers were forced to modify her role of protagonist Daniel LaRusso's"
"friend who left their small towns and joined a gang in Boston. That film had Justin Timberlake attached to portray James and Nick Cassavetes attached to direct. But James was worried the film would ultimately ""glamorize the violent lifestyle"" he'd recently left behind, so he wrote Little Birds instead, substituting two fifteen-year-old girls for he and his best friend. He chose to focus on the characters of ""Lily"" and ""Alison"" after seeing a teenage girl riding on the back of a bike in the Salton Sea, with James saying ""You could just tell that she was on fire and she"
"Taylor and Lane would often meet at the Adelphi Hotel in Liverpool to write together. Myra Taylor (scriptwriter) Myra Taylor (born 1937 in Liverpool) was a British television scriptwriter. Although her writing career was not particularly extensive, she did play a significant role in two of the more popular British TV comedies of the 1970s. She jointly-created ""The Liver Birds"" with Carla Lane (whom she met at a writers' club), although she only wrote a few of the early episodes before going her own way at the end of the second series. She was one of a team of scriptwriters"
"In ""Rear Window"" (1954), Lisa (Grace Kelly) risks her life by breaking into Lars Thorwald's apartment. In ""To Catch a Thief"" (1955), Francie (Grace Kelly again) offers to help a man she believes is a burglar. In ""Vertigo"" (1958) and ""North by Northwest"" (1959) respectively, Kim Novak and Eva Marie Saint play the blonde heroines. In ""Psycho"" (1960), Janet Leigh's character steals $40,000 () and is murdered by Norman Bates, a reclusive psychopath. Tippi Hedren, a blonde, appears to be the focus of the attacks in ""The Birds"" (1963). In ""Marnie"" (1964), the title character, again played by Hedren, is"
"Birds of a Feather Birds of a Feather (commonly abbreviated to BOAF) is a British sitcom originally broadcast on BBC One from 16 October 1989 to 24 December 1998, then revived on ITV from 2 January 2014. Starring Pauline Quirke, Linda Robson and Lesley Joseph, it was created by Laurence Marks and Maurice Gran, who also wrote some of the episodes along with many other writers. The first episode sees sisters Tracey Stubbs (Linda Robson) and Sharon Theodopolopodous (Pauline Quirke) brought together when their husbands are sent to prison for armed robbery. Sharon, who lived in an Edmonton council flat,"
"two female leads and she chose to portray Lily, citing that she connected with the character more and ""wanted to set her free"". Temple and James worked on the film together for two years, becoming close. They continue to collaborate and in interviews refer to each other as ""best friends"" and ""family"". James has said he made ""Little Birds"" to honor the strong women in his life, including Temple. In February 2013, Temple won the EE Rising Star BAFTA Award, voted for by the public. Temple had a supporting role in the 2015 true-crime film ""Black Mass"", which starred Johnny"
"Maurier's title and concept of unexplained bird attacks. In 2016, ""The Birds"" was deemed ""culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant"" by the United States Library of Congress, and selected for preservation in its National Film Registry. Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren), a young socialite, meets criminal defense attorney Mitch Brenner (Rod Taylor) in a San Francisco pet shop. Mitch wants to purchase a pair of lovebirds for his sister's eleventh birthday, but the shop has none. He recognizes Melanie from a court appearance, but she does not know him; he plays a prank by pretending to mistake her for a saleswoman. Melanie"
"""The Facts of Life"", ""Who's the Boss?"", and ""Knots Landing"". She was also a regular cast member on the sitcoms ""It Takes Two"" in 1982 and ""Benson"" from 1984 to 1986. In 1988, she joined the cast of ""Dear John"" starring Judd Hirsch. Her last acting role was a brief appearance in 1997 on an episode of the sitcom ""George and Leo"", which starred Bob Newhart and Bird's former co-star, Hirsch. Bird was married to Edwin Sellen until his death in 1966; they had three children. Bird died on November 27, 2002 in Granada Hills, California at the age of"